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Post by Alexa on Feb 17, 2005 17:16:03 GMT -5
Oh, no problem! No need to be sorry! Hey at least I was close right.
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Post by seven stars on Feb 18, 2005 16:35:23 GMT -5
Hmm...
I believe that there is a well known author from Willow Creek, Jenny. His name is John Ortberg.
Am I right about that?
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Post by jenny on Feb 22, 2005 15:16:55 GMT -5
Hey at least I was close right. Right! ;D Hmm... I believe that there is a well known author from Willow Creek, Jenny. His name is John Ortberg. Am I right about that? Yes, you are! John Ortberg was a teacher (pastor) at Willow for many years, he recently went back to California. He was such a talented speaker. Another author from Willow Creek you may have heard of is Lee Strobel (sp?), I think he has a TV show now.
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Post by seven stars on Feb 22, 2005 17:35:49 GMT -5
Yes I do know him Jenny. Didn't Lee Strobel write "The Case for Christ" and "The Case for Faith"?
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Post by jenny on Feb 22, 2005 17:38:42 GMT -5
Yes I do know him Jenny. Didn't Lee Strobel write "The Case for Christ" and "The Case for Faith"? Yes, he did!
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Post by seven stars on Feb 23, 2005 9:43:37 GMT -5
From what I recall, Lee Strobel is actually a journalist by trade is he not? I could have him confused with someone else.
Willow Creek has turned out some excellent resources over the past 15 years or so. My understanding is that it is one of the largest churches in the United States.
I belong to a small startup church, modeled more like Alexa's church, New Life Community Church. Hopefully it will have the same sort of impact here in Philadelphia, although there are already a number of very good churches in this area.
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Post by hachiue on Feb 24, 2005 3:18:53 GMT -5
Wow that's interesting - I was actually just reading an article about how there are a lot of churches that have smaller satellite outposts where they all have the same service each week and then get together once a year or so.
I thought it was kind of odd at first but then realized that's what all churches are basically like - at Catholic churches they have the missals which have the masses for each day of the year set out and they distribute those to different churches. Except none of the churches I've been to have followed the missal exactly and they don't give the same homilies at every church (I've heard that some of the churches do this).
I think it was Newsweek that I read the article in. They called it the franchising of religion or something and I thought that was a rather rude way to term it. They were talking about how satellite churches across the country were related and gave the exact same services as each other every week to give congregants a sense of familiarity and community.
(Sorry if I'm being rude bringing it up like this! I just think it's interesting that some churches are bringing so many smaller congregations together with community mass - and they're making it familiar to visitors from out of town who happen to go to the same church!)
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Post by Alexa on Feb 24, 2005 9:32:31 GMT -5
Actually the church I go to started with a group of Christians meeting at a high school on the South Side over a decade ago. They started meeting there and little by little they grew in numbers. They branched out to another location, and kept branching out. So now there are about 10 New Life Churches, and it all started from that one group, meeting together on Sundays at Curie High School. Now all the churches get together once a year in a huge all church celebration. We attend different locations, but we are still part of the New Life Community Church.
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Post by jenny on Feb 24, 2005 10:47:28 GMT -5
I think it was Newsweek that I read the article in. They called it the franchising of religion or something and I thought that was a rather rude way to term it. They were talking about how satellite churches across the country were related and gave the exact same services as each other every week to give congregants a sense of familiarity and community. (Sorry if I'm being rude bringing it up like this! I just think it's interesting that some churches are bringing so many smaller congregations together with community mass - and they're making it familiar to visitors from out of town who happen to go to the same church!) Not rude at all, Hachiue. I called Willow Creek's satellite churches because the exact same service is broadcast at each location. See, I thought they used satellites, so... (isn't my ignorance cute, though? ) That little name Newsweek used was rude, though.
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Post by seven stars on Feb 25, 2005 10:37:17 GMT -5
So Willow Creek actually has services that meet in different locations and experience preaching via satellite? Kind of like closed circuit television huh?
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Post by jenny on Mar 1, 2005 12:51:03 GMT -5
So Willow Creek actually has services that meet in different locations and experience preaching via satellite? Kind of like closed circuit television huh? I don't know too much about it, but one of my mom's clients goes there, I'll have to ask my mom how it works. This is the description from the website: Willow Creek Wheaton services are video cast from Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington. We have augmented-live worship as well as small groups and other ministries designed to meet the needs of people in the Wheaton, Naperville, Warrenville, and West Chicago area.
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